Lamentations 5:20

Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?

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WEBBE

Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?

BSB

Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

KJV

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

ASV

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [And] forsake us so long time?

BBE

Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?

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לָמָּה la·mah (to) why H4100 לָנֶצַח la·ne·tzach to perpetuity H5331 תִּשְׁכָּחֵנוּ tish·ka·che·nu do you forget us H7911 תַּעַזְבֵנוּ ta·'az·ve·nu do you abandon? us H5800 לְאֹרֶךְ le·'o·rekh for length of H753 יָמִים ya·mim days H3117

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.